Contact: Sen. Janet Bewley, 608-266-3510 Sen. Jon Erpenbach, 608-266-6670 Sen. LaTonya Johnson, 608-266-2500 MADISON – Senate Democratic Leader Janet Bewley (D-Delta) announced today that Senator Jon Erpenbach (D-West Point) and Senator LaTonya Johnson (D-Milwaukee) will be re-appointed to serve on the Joint Committee on Finance for the 2021-22 legislative session. “Sen. Erpenbach and Sen. Johnson have been strong and effective voices for working families in Wisconsin and understand the challenges the upcoming budget and session will pose,” said Sen. Bewley. “They will continue to fight for responsible budgeting that our families and businesses need to recover from the pandemic crisis,

KENOSHA, Wis.— Last night, on the heels of President Trump officially requesting a partial recount in Dane and Milwaukee Counties, Opportunity Wisconsin, SEIU Healthcare Wisconsin, Progress North, BLOC, and A Better Wisconsin Together were joined by U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, Lieutenant Governor Mandela Barnes, and Wisconsinites across the state for a virtual town hall to discuss what’s at stake right now during the pandemic and call on lawmakers to focus on COVID relief and moving forward together, not partisan sparring.   “Voters have decided, regardless of party, that it’s time for us to come together and tackle some of the

WISCONSIN – Unemployment numbers released today show nearly 750,000 Americans filed jobless claims last week, confirming that the economic crisis triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic is far from over. Despite the deepening crisis, President Trump and Senate Republicans refuse to take action to support struggling Americans. In response to the release of the devastating new unemployment numbers, Protect Our Care’s Coronavirus War Room Director Zac Petkanas released the following statement: “For the 35th week in a row, these catastrophic unemployment numbers rival the worst days of the Great Recession. “The situation has reached an emergency level with hundreds of thousands